Clinton may stump for FitzGerald; no early voting on Sundays; Amanda, Gina and Michelle honored: Top 5 at 5

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The news usually moves rather quickly
on cleveland.com, and today is certainly
proving to be no exception. Here are some of the stories from the past 12 hours
you might have missed, including the potential for Bill Clinton to campaign on
behalf of Ed FitzGerald this year, no Sundays included in early-voting hours
this year and Gov. John Kasich honoring Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle
Knight.

Clinton may campaign for FitzGerald this year

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and former President Bill Clinton last fall in Cleveland.Courtesy of Friends of FitzGerald-Neuhardt

Former President Bill Clinton is
hitting the 2014 campaign trail, and the so-called Big Dog is on Cuyahoga
County Executive Ed FitzGerald's wish list.

FitzGerald, the probable
Democratic nominee for governor in Ohio, told the Associated Press for a story
this week that Clinton "has
an open invitation from me." The story detailed Clinton's emergence as
a surrogate for Democrats this year -- a role he played to great effect in 2012
for President Barack Obama.

Clinton, according
to the Louisville Courier-Journal, was to speak Tuesday at a fundraiser for
Alison Lundergan Grimes, a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by
Republican leader Mitch McConnell. FitzGerald, the former mayor of Lakewood, is
challenging Republican Gov. John Kasich.

In Ohio two years ago, the Obama
campaign found Clinton particularly useful in white working-class areas such as
Parma, Steubenville
and the
Mahoning Valley. FitzGerald was among the warm-up speakers at an
October 2012 rally for Obama featuring Clinton and rock star Bruce
Springsteen at Cuyahoga Community College's Western Campus.

Clinton also is seen as an asset
in southern states such as Georgia, Louisiana and his home state of Arkansas,
where he served as governor. Doing such favors for Democrats is seen as a way
to bank political goodwill for 2016, when his wife, former U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton, could again seek the party's nomination for
president. No Clinton-FitzGerald events are
planned at the moment. | Read
Henry J. Gomez's story

It was like clockwork. Any
opportunistic -- and hungry -- friend of the DiBiasio brothers timed his bike
ride to end at 6 p.m. and, more importantly, at the family's doorstep. There,
they would scarf down a daily dose of Italian cuisine.

"My mother had the best
homemade pizza ever, pasta, meatballs, you name it," said Bob DiBiasio,
the youngest of the three brothers and now the Cleveland Indians' vice
president of public affairs.

That came in handy on Dec. 27,
1964. On that day, DiBiasio's parents needed a consolation prize for their
9-year-old son. DiBiasio's father bought tickets for the NFL Championship Game,
a tilt that pitted
the Browns against the Baltimore Colts at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. He brought
15-year-old Dan and 12-year-old Tony to the affair, but deemed little Bobby too
young to attend.

"I was heartbroken,"
he said.

So DiBiasio gorged on his
mother's homemade pizza and listened to the game on the family stereo in the
living room. When the game ended, neighbors poured out of their houses and
celebrated in the street. DiBiasio waited inside for his father and brothers to
return home.

"They're like, 'Oh sure, we
scarred you for life,' " DiBiasio said. "It's one of those things you
remember as a little guy that your two older brothers got to do and you didn't
get to do."

It has been nearly 50 years.
DiBiasio ate helping after helping of his mother's grub over that span before
she passed away in 2011. He's still waiting, though, for that Cleveland
championship. | Read
Zack Meisel's story

Sewer district frowns upon Philadelphia's "green" plan

This rendering shows what the Philadelphia Water Department says is its vision for its $2.4 billion "Green City, Clean Waters" program.Courtesy of Philadelphia Water Department

The Philadelphia Water
Department will spend $2.4 billion over the next 25 years on its "Green
City, Clean Waters" program to reduce the amount of rainwater and untreated
sewage that dumps into its rivers and streams after heavy rains inundate the
combined sewer system below the streets.

About 70 percent of the budget
is dedicated to "green infrastructure" -- surface features, such as water retention
basins and rain gardens that mimic nature using soil, grass and trees to help
absorb rainwater and prevent it from deluging the sewer system.

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